Bowers Hill
Bowers Hill is a forest in Longhope, Forest of Dean, England. Bowers Hill is situated nearby to the village Boxbush, as well as near the hamlet Chessgrove.Places of Interest
Highlights include May Hill and Lea Bailey Light Railway.
May Hill
Peak
Photo: Jonathan Billinger, CC BY-SA 2.0.
May Hill is a prominent English hill between Gloucester and Ross-on-Wye. Its summit, on the western edge of Gloucestershire and its northern slopes in Herefordshire, is distinguishable by a clump of trees on its summit, which forms an official Site of Special Scientific Interest.
Lea Bailey Light Railway
Photo: Des Blenkinsopp, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Lea Bailey Light Railway is a 2 ft narrow-gauge heritage railway in the United Kingdom. It is built on the site of the Bailey Level Gold Mine. An attempt was made in 2003 by the owners of Clearwell Caves to open the mine as a tourist attraction, but this was ultimately unsuccessful.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Abenhall and Lea.
Abenhall
Village
Photo: Pauline Eccles, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Abenhall is a small village in the civil parish of Mitcheldean, in the Forest of Dean district of the county of Gloucestershire, England. It lies on the road between Mitcheldean and Flaxley in the Forest of Dean.
Lea
Village
Photo: Philip Halling, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Lea is a village and civil parish in the south east of Herefordshire. It lies south-east of Ross-on-Wye and adjoins the boundary of Gloucestershire. Amenities include a school, church, village hall, shop, public house, garage and a twice-weekly mobile Post Office, all of which lie on the A40 road which passes through the village and links Ross and Gloucester.
Cinderford
Town
Photo: Pauline Eccles, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Cinderford is a town and civil parish on the eastern fringe of the Forest of Dean in Gloucestershire, England. The population was 8,777 at the 2021 Census.
Bowers Hill
- Type: Forest
- Location: Longhope, Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.8787° or 51° 52′ 43″ northLongitude
-2.4764° or 2° 28′ 35″ westOpen location code
9C3VVGHF+FFOpenStreetMap ID
way 111324609OpenStreetMap feature
natural=wood
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